{"id":119554,"date":"2022-06-26T02:50:56","date_gmt":"2022-06-26T06:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=119554"},"modified":"2022-06-26T02:50:56","modified_gmt":"2022-06-26T06:50:56","slug":"dogspeak-18-reasons-you-need-dogs-at-least-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/dogspeak-18-reasons-you-need-dogs-at-least-2\/","title":{"rendered":"DogSpeak #18  Reasons You Need Dogs (at least 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #18 Reasons You Need Dogs (at least 2)<\/p>\n<p>We replace vacuums<br \/>\nfor food that falls to the floor.<\/p>\n<p>We believe every word you say<br \/>\nand that is saying volumes.<\/p>\n<p>We love you even if you skip<br \/>\nthe hairdresser all year.<\/p>\n<p>We laugh at all your jokes<br \/>\neven the dumb ones.<\/p>\n<p>We make you laugh at our antics<br \/>\neven the dumb ones.<\/p>\n<p>We wake you before the alarm<br \/>\nso you never oversleep.<\/p>\n<p>We give you a reason to exercise<br \/>\neven if you don\u2019t want to.<\/p>\n<p>We are the best cuddlers<br \/>\nand snugglers ever.<\/p>\n<p>We make you smile<br \/>\nand that helps you live longer.<\/p>\n<p>We knew you needed<br \/>\nto be rescued; that\u2019s what we do.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll help you be goofy, silly,<br \/>\nand giggle as much as you can.<\/p>\n<p>We are a factory for kisses<br \/>\n24\/7 production; we never run out.<\/p>\n<p>We have magic compartments<br \/>\nin our hearts to hold all your secrets.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll protect you from danger and stress,<br \/>\nbut maybe not the bunnies in the yard.<\/p>\n<p>We let you be you. Who else<br \/>\ndoes that for you?<\/p>\n<p>~ J R Turek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DogSpeak #18 Reasons You Need Dogs (at least 2) We replace vacuums for food that falls to the floor. We believe every word you say and that is saying volumes. We love you even if you skip the hairdresser all year. We laugh at all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1325,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119586,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119554\/revisions\/119586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}